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Jamie Lidell

World tour announced for forthcoming self-titled album

26/11/2012

Jamie Lidell will embark on a world tour to celebrate the release of his highly-anticipated self-titled album, out February 18th/19th on Warp Records.

Reflecting the solo creation of the new album,these shows will be the first time Lidell has performed unaccompanied for some time "I'm coming full circle," as he puts it. "Coming back around to astound with that solo sound.”

That doesn't mean he'll be standing motionless behind a bank of laptops, though: "I'm revving up the boxes to push more buttons than your average electronic bear. Bringing the burning machine funk back to the floor so you can get your dance on. Digging into that bag of hooks so you can get your sing on. Aaahhhhhh push it!”

Tickets for all UK/European shows go on sale 9am Friday 30th November, and most N. American shows will go on sale at 12pm the same day.

A new track from the album, What a Shame, was premiered online last week. Pitchfork named the song a ‘Best New Track’ hailing it as “a bright burst of kaleidoscopic color... a positively mean makeup of big, booming bass and squelchy synths that glisten and gleam underneath Lidell's high-octane whine.” The Guardian described it as “decadent, maximalist and sophisticated - yet poppy - electronica”.